Carrot family ID

[rscott74]

Like most folk I can recognise the carrot family at 20 paces and I know which is Cow Parsley but I can't figure out the one in the pics. I've been through the 10 pages approx. in Wild Flower Key (half text and half illustrations) but still can't do it.

Can someone put me out of my misery please.

The second pic is a bit blurred but it gives a bit of leaf and stem detail.

[wildherbalian85]

Have you got a picture of the stem??

[rscott74]

Wildherbilian85. These are probably the only images that give further details. I hope these might assist.


1 General structure



2 Shows stem - unridged and spotted. This is the best images of stem that I have. Nothing lower unfortunately.



3 Magnified view of flowers which were 3/4 mm across.

[JennyS]

This is just a maybe as its not a plant I've come across ...its possibly Rough Chervil, Chaerophyllum temulum

[Bub-les]

I agree with Jenny and think its Rough Chervil, Chaerophyllum temulum

[rscott74]

Thanks Jenny and Bub-les. After looking further you're probably right, the purple spots are a guide. It's noted in Wild Flower Key as the sucessor to Cow Parsley and, if so, should be common. At the moment, around here, Cow Parsley, is rampant.
Just as an aside I'm fairly sure that as a lad I used to make pea shooters from wide Cow Parsley stems and used Hawthorn berries for ammo.

[Bub-les]

we used to use alexanders for the same thing! and my Dad used to make whistles out of elder.
Barbara